[PLUG-TALK] Open source election software from MS. Trustworthy?

Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com
Tue May 7 16:08:28 UTC 2019


On Tue, 7 May 2019, Rich Shepard wrote:

> On Tue, 7 May 2019, Paul Heinlein wrote:
>
>>  MS contracted with my former employer, Galois (I was employee
>>  number 25), here in Portland for that work. The folks at Galois
>>  care very deeply about writing secure code that does nothing other
>>  than what it should do. Whatever you think about Microsoft, be
>>  sure that the Galois contribution will be state of the art.
>
> Good to know, Paul. According to the article Dick cited, the 
> software is not now suitable for use with vote-by-mail systems. Have 
> you any insights on whether Galois (or someone else) will fill that 
> gap (preferably before next year's elections)?

I haven't worked at Galois for about four years, so the current 
specifics of their projects are outside my realm of knowledge. I can 
only speak to the culture that permeates the way Galois gets works 
done.

-- 
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
45°38' N, 122°6' W


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